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| | | ‘(1) | The amount in respect of other needs or circumstances, under section 12 of this |
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| | | Act, shall include an amount in respect of health costs. |
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| | | (2) | The maximum award of the amount under this section shall be 100 per cent. of |
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| | | the cost that the claimant would expect to incur in respect of prescribed health |
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| | | costs such as prescription, dental and optical charges, up to a prescribed |
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| | | (3) | Regulations shall specify the circumstances under which a claimant shall be |
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| | | entitled to an amount under this section. |
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| | | (4) | Under no circumstances shall any amount payable under this section be included |
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| | | in the “relevant amount” specified in section 93(5) of this Act.’. |
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| | | ‘The Secretary of State will provide a record to the claimant detailing the amount |
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| | | and composition of the award, including amounts in respect of each of the |
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| | | elements specified in sections 9 to 12 of this Act and of any appropriate sub- |
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| | | elements as specified in regulations.’. |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | This Section applies to payments of the housing cost element of the universal |
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| | | (2) | Payment of the housing costs element of the universal credit must be made to a |
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| | | (a) | that person has requested or consented to such payment; |
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| | | (b) | where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply and the person is in arrears |
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| | | pursuant to the terms of the tenancy agreement between that person and |
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| | | the landlord of an amount equivalent to two weeks or more of the amount |
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| | | he is liable to pay his landlord as rent if in either case the landlord |
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| | | requests or consents to payment to him. |
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| | | (3) | Regulations made by the Secretary of State may prescribe the circumstances in |
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| | | which subsection (2) does not apply. |
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| | | (4) | Regulations made by the Secretary of State shall prescribe the person who is to |
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| | | be treated as the landlord for the purposes of this section and shall make provision |
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| | | as to the discharge of liability consequent upon the making of any payments to |
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| | Page 3, line 7 [Clause 5], after ‘it’, insert ‘excluding any amount in an Individual |
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| | Savings Account, up to a prescribed maximum of no less than £50,000, where the |
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| | Page 3, line 13 [Clause 5], after ‘it’, insert ‘excluding any amount in an Individual |
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| | Savings Account, up to a prescribed maximum of no less than £50,000, where one of the |
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| | Page 3, line 17 [Clause 5], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3) | For the purposes of this section, regulations are to provide for a definition of |
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| | Page 4, line 36 [Clause 10], at end insert ‘subject to these amounts being not less |
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| | than the additional support for disabled children provided through benefits and tax credits |
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| | prior to the introduction of Universal Credit.’. |
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| | Page 5, line 29 [Clause 11], at end add— |
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| | | ‘(6) | Regulations are to provide for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and |
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| | | the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to review not less |
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| | | than annually the relationship between housing costs in the private rented sector |
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| | | and the level of the housing component of Universal Credit. |
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| | | (7) | Regulations are to provide that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions must |
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| | | amend the calculation of housing costs where this is necessary to ensure that at |
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| | | least the 30th percentile of the list of private rented properties in each locality |
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| | | remains affordable to claimants, in light of the review under subsection (6).’. |
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| | Page 6, line 22 [Clause 14], leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(1) | A claimant commitment is a record of— |
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| | | (a) | a claimant’s responsibilities in relation to an award of universal credit; |
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| | | (b) | the Secretary of State’s responsibilities in relation to the provision of high |
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| | | quality and personally tailored support to a claimant.’. |
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| | Page 6, line 31 [Clause 14], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(ba) | such information as may be prescribed on the provision of high quality |
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| | | and personally tailored support.’. |
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| | Page 9, line 16 [Clause 19], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(e) | family and friends carers who take on the care of a child, for the first year |
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| | | after the child moves in; |
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| | | (i) | where the child comes to live with the carer as a result of plans |
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| | | made within a section 47 Children Act 1989 child protection |
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| | | (ii) | where a child comes to live with the carer following a section 37 |
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| | | Children Act 1989 investigation; |
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| | | (iii) | where a carer has secured a Residence Order or Special |
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| | | Guardianship Order to avoid a child being looked after, and there |
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| | | is professional evidence of the impairment of the parents’ ability |
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| | | to care for the child; and/or |
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| | | (iv) | where the carer has a Residence Order or Special Guardianship |
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| | | Order arising out of care proceedings; or |
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| | | (v) | where the carer has a Residence Order or Special Guardianship |
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| | | Order following the accommodation of a child; or |
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| | | (vi) | where the carer has a Residence Order or Special Guardianship |
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| | | Order following the death or serious illness of a parent.’. |
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| | Page 12, line 12 [Clause 26], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Regulations must make provision to secure that, where a claimant falling within |
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| | | section 22 does not have guaranteed and predictable access to high quality, |
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| | | flexible and affordable child care acceptable to the parent and child or children, |
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| | | the Secretary of State may not impose a sanction on the claimant under this |
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| | | section or under section 27.’. |
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| | Page 103, line 1 [Schedule 1], after ‘income,’, insert— |
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| | | ‘(ba) | a person’s earned income from self-employment,’. |
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| | Page 103, line 3 [Schedule 1], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(ba) above may include provision for |
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| | | calculating profits and losses of a trade in accordance with generally accepted |
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| | | accounting practice, subject to any adjustments prescribed by regulations.’. |
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| | Page 103, line 20 [Schedule 1], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4A) | Sub-paragraph (4) does not apply where a person has earned income from self- |
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| | | employment and the business from which the earned income in question is |
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| | | derived (or any larger undertaking of which the business in question forms |
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| | | part) is being carried on upon a commercial basis and with a view to the |
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| | | realisation of profits in the business or larger undertaking.’. |
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| | Page 103, line 20 [Schedule 1], at end insert ‘; and this will include an additional |
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| | prescribed minimum level for claimants in receipt of the universal credit additional |
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| | amount for caring responsibilities, and will be paid in addition to any other prescribed |
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| | Page 114 [Schedule 2], leave out lines 34 to 39. |
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| | Page 123, line 10 [Schedule 6], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4) | No less than six months before the appointed day the Secretary of State shall |
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| | | publish a report on the access to welfare advice, including advice for those |
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| | | unable to use the internet, that will be available at the appointed day, and shall |
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| | | satisfy himself on the basis of that report that provision is adequate to support |
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| | | migration to Universal Credit.’. |
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| | | ‘personally tailored” means work-related support and work-focussed |
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| | | support that addresses a claimant’s individual circumstances, needs and |
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| | | barriers to employment;’. |
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| | | ‘( ) | A statutory instrument containing the first regulations made by the Secretary of |
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| | | State under any of the following, alone or with other regulations, is subject to the |
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| | | affirmative resolution procedure— |
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| | | (a) | section 5(1)(a) and (2)(a) (capital limits); |
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| | | (b) | section 8(3) (income to be deducted in award calculation); |
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| | | (c) | section 9(2) (amount to be included in award calculation for standard |
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| | | (d) | section 10(3) (amount to be included in award calculation for children |
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| | | and young persons element); |
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| | | (e) | section 11 (housing costs element); |
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| | | (f) | section 12 (other needs and circumstances element); |
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| | | (g) | section 19(2)(d) (claimants subject to no work-related requirements); |
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| | | (h) | sections 26 and 27 (sanctions); |
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| | | (i) | section 28 (hardship payments); |
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| | | (j) | paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (calculation of capital and income); |
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| | | (k) | paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 (migration), where making provision under |
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| | | paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of that Schedule.’ |
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| | Secretary Iain Duncan Smith |
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| | Page 23, line 27 [Clause 44], at end insert ‘, who in the case of disabled claimants |
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| | must have access to sufficient skills and expertise to ensure that any requirements are |
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| | appropriate to the claimant’s circumstances. An employment officer must have regard to |
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| | Secretary Iain Duncan Smith |
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| | Page 27, line 22 [Clause 46], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | In section 37 of that Act (parliamentary control), in subsection (1), before |
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| | | “(ab) | the first regulations to be made under sections 19 to 19C;”.’ |
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| | Secretary Iain Duncan Smith |
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| | | ‘( ) | In section 37 (parliamentary control), in subsection (1), after paragraph (a) there |
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| | | “(aa) | the first regulations to be made under section 6J or 6K;”.’ |
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| | Page 35, line 37 [Clause 51], leave out ‘365 days’ and insert ‘a prescribed number |
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| | Page 36, line 11 [Clause 51], leave out paragraph (a) and insert ‘does not include |
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